Dr. Jill R. Baron

Jill R. Baron, MD, is a board-certified family physician who practices integrative medicine and functional medicine in New York City. 

A graduate of Princeton University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she is certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine, the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, and the North American Menopause Society. She did her residency in Family Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Baron combines conventional primary care with holistic and mind-body therapies to optimize patients’ health. She is a Visiting Attending Physician at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Baron lectures and speaks about optimal health and has been a featured guest on several radio and media programs. She is the author of the recent best-selling book, Don’t Mess with Stress ™: A Simple Guide to Managing Stress, Optimizing Health, and Making the World a Better Place.

She loves to dance, laugh, have fun, and play the piano and occasionally the violin, as well as play tennis. She played for the Princeton Tennis Team.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Baron has been in private practice since 2000.

“I really care about my patients, and I bring all of my education, training, and intuition to help them optimize their health and well-being,” she says.

Dr. Baron looks at the whole patient and has trained in the Bredesen Protocol, aimed at assessing the risk for and mitigating cognitive decline and dementia.

“I’m always learning, studying, and taking courses so I can continually improve how I care for and help my patients,” she says. “I try to understand how my patients become sick so I can help them achieve the best outcomes.”

She is a member of professional organizations that include Independent Doctors of New York, the North American Menopause Society, and the New York County Medical Society, where she is currently Treasurer, sits on the Board of Directors, and serves as the Chair of the Physician Wellness Committee.